Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1953. First edition. Original blue cloth (7 3/8 inches tall), original dust wrapper. Slight toning to cloth spine, couple of small nicks to scarce original dust wrapper. A nearly-fine copy. "ALTHOUGH NOT ALL PHILOSOPHERS ARE GREATER THAN THEIR BEST COMMENTATORS, MOST OF THEM ARE, AND THIS..... More
Brooklyn: Confraternity of the Precious Blood, 1952. 16mo (5 1/3 inches tall), original soft green leatherette, green endpapers, green silk ribbon marker. About-fine. THOMAS AQUINAS IN YOUR POCKET: "HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IS PRESENTED THE MASTERPIECE OF ST. THOMAS—THE SUMMA THEOLOGICA—IN A POCKET EDITION" This was the first distillation..... More
St. Louis: B. Herder Book Company, 1925. First edition. Octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), original half white cloth and black paper boards with printed label, original dust jacket. Mild tanning and offsetting to blank endpapers, gentle shelf-wear to corners, minor bumping to top of boards, small loss to upper margins..... More
Harrison, New York: Roman Catholic Books. Later edition. Small octavo (7 3/4 inches tall), original laminated pictorial boards. Ex-library, sticker removed from foot of spine, small ink-stamps to title page and page 29, embossed blindstamp to corner blank flyleaf, black ink to front and rear pastedowns and page 129, else..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1958. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE GLOW FROM THE HEAVENLY CITY, FAR FROM BLURRING THE EARTHLY CITY IN A HAZE, MAKES IT CLEAR AND REAL" First edition by the noted English Thomist tracing the development of medieval..... More
Westminster: The Newman Press, 1956. First edition. Octavo, original mauve cloth, original dust jacket. Offsetting and early owner signature to front pastedown and flyleaf, small blemish to top rear panel of largely fresh and clean dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE GREATEST ENGLISH EXPONENT OF THOMISM" First American edition of..... More
Dublin: Clonmore & Reynolds, 1953. Early edition. Octavo, original lime green cloth, original dust jacket. Small bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown of about-fine book, gentle creasing and wear to spine ends, top edges, and corners of dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "NOTHING SAVE THYSELF, LORD" Early edition of Fr. Martin..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1970. Early printing. Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. Scratch to front cloth board, clean dust jacket with price sticker to inner flap, short closed tear to front panel, tiny abrasion to back panel. A near-fine copy. "THE THOMIST IDEAL IS A TIMELESS IDEAL. ITS ADAPTATION..... More
Herder and Herder, 1967, 1969. First edition. Two volumes. Octavo, original gray and original black cloth, original dust jackets. Volume II mildly ex-library with only blank card pocket and “Theology” written in ink on free front endpaper. A bright,clean, near-fine pair. THE "NEW" THEOLOGY First American editions of Henri de..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1955. First edition. Small octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Early owner signature on free front endpaper, dust jacket with price struck through on front flap, toning to spine, wear to upper corners. An excellent copy. "HUMAN LAW CANNOT REPEAL ANY PART OF DIVINE LAW..... More
New York: Random House, 1958. First edition. Octavo, original navy cloth, uncut, original dust jacket. Top edge of book a bit dusty, corners a bit bumped. Toning to spine of dust jacket. Very good indeed. "A REVOLUTIONARY PLAN FOR A CAPITALIST DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH TO PRESERVE OUR FREE SOCIETY" First..... More
Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1981. First edition. Tall octavo, original maroon cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket with a trace of edge-wear and typical toning to top of front panel, spine and flap folds. An excellent copy of a scarce book. "FOR THE MODERN RADICAL..... More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1955. First edition thus. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, early owner initials (dated 1959) to upper corner of blank flyleaf, short closed tear to base of rear panel of the bright dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE BEST A PHILOSOPHER CAN DO..... More
London: Sheed & Ward, 1948. Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. Gentle soiling, shallow chip to the head of the toned dust jacket. Very good indeed. "THE APOSTLE OF THE MIND, THE DOCTOR OF TRUTH, THE RESTORER OF THE INTELLECTUAL ORDER, ST. THOMAS WROTE NOT FOR THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. First edition. Large octavo, original black cloth, yellow top edge, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "EVEN IN THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN, FAITH RISES AND FALLS LIKE THE TIDES OF AN INVISIBLE SEA" First edition of this collection of Flannery O'Connor's engaging..... More
London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1955. First British edition. 12mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original red cloth, original dust jacket. Minor offsetting to endpapers of nearly-fine book, gentle toning to the clean, unclipped dust jacket. An excellent copy. "ONLY THE PRUDENT MAN CAN BE BRAVE. FORTITUDE WITHOUT PRUDENCE IS NOT..... More
New York: Pantheon, 1962. First edition. Octavo, original brick red cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket with minor wear along front fold and two small chips to the upper margin of the front panel. An excellent copy. 'A PORTRAIT OF THOMAS AQUINAS AS HE TRULY CONCERNS PHILOSOPHICAL-MINDED PERSONS..... More
New York: Herder & Herder, 1968. First English translation. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Nearly-fine book with early owner signature to blank flyleaf, price-clipped dust jacket with only minor wear to the corners and spine ends. A near-fine copy. "A BRILLIANT AND FAR-REACHING INTERPRETATION OF A SINGLE ARTICLE..... More
London: Blackfriars Publications, 1957. 12 mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original black cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, gentle toning to spine of price-clipped dust jacket. "THOMISM WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF THE GREATEST TREASURES OF HUMANITY" First Blackfriars edition of the French Dominican's "most valuable short introduction to the..... More
New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons, 1952. First edition. Octavo, original sage cloth, dark green top edge, original dust jacket. Slight toning to book and dust jacket. A near-fine copy. A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OF MID-CENTURY CATHOLIC THOUGHT First edition collecting essays in honor of Father Walter Farrell—a central figure in..... More